Teachers and Teaching in Japan: Professional Mecca or Pressure Cooker?

Handbook of Asian Education: A Cultural Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 231-246

  Lewis, Catherine ^a  

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203816318-19     Document Type: Chapter

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